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15 1.AWS OF NORTH-e AROLINA.
1817. Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same^
•—Y'-' That the C 'Urts < f Ptras and Quartet S soiont. -r- lie sev«;-
r:il coumies within this state, be ai.d 'hey art hereby auth r-
12 d and ernptjwered vvhent;\tr the\ shall deem it expedient,
a majority of che acting Justices bei 'g present, to iocirase
the fees ot the Jailors f :heir ' rspective counties ; Provided,
Proviso. the same d es not exceed fifty per C' nt upoa the iees i.uw
by law establisherl.
II. And be itfurther enacted, Tha«- w^htm ver any c U"ty
court shall increast tht J J'-r.^' fc ( s of said count) , chey !shall
cause the sanae to br re jvd; d, which sum shall not b-- alter-ed
within Otie year thereafter.
CHAP. XI (I.
An actio anthnrise the several Courts of Fleas rind fluarter Ses-sions
within this ^tate to lay a tax siijficieut for the iiuaute'
nance of the poor.
BE it enacted by th'^ General Jis^'mbly of*hr State of North-
Carolina and it is hereby enacted by the authority oftlu: samCi
That the several Courts oi Pieasaaa Qair er Strs>si -jS wi h-in
this state, be and they ire here y au horised on the a. .,«li-caiipn
of the wardens, to lay a tax which may bt^ sufficient for
th? maintenance of the p'or, ivhich said ;ax shall I^e co'l ct-ed
aad accounted tor t.' the V\''at'd '^ and a piied b\ therh in
jVlaiority of the manner now prescribed bylaw: Provided, that amajori-
Justic.s to
j.y of (^,e Justices be .resent when ^-aid tax :s laid.
II. Jlnd be itfurther enacted. That ail laws and c-auses .f
laws which come wi;hiu the meaning and purriew ot this act
be, and the same are hereby rep al d and made Void.
CHAP. XIV.
Jin act concerning JIad Dogs.
WHEREAS, that (uost dreadfal of all mabdie? Hydro-phobia,
has become much more common ha', f Tmeily, by
r-rason of the negligence of the owners of D gs : For remedy
whereof,
BE it enacted by the Generil Jlsseyn'dy of the State of North -
Carolina^ and it is hereby enacted bij the authority ofthe samct
That whenever the owner of -mv Dog shali knjw ar huve
good reason to believe that his or her dog or any dog beiong-
Penaltyfor ing to his or her slave or cher person ia his or her employ-
(?«-s'^ke"° ment, has been bitten by amid dog, and shall neglect or re-fuse
immediately to kill the sam , be or she so refusing or
neglecting shall pay the sum of twenty-five pounds, to be re-covere
\ for the use of him or her wh ' may sue for the same,
in any court having jurisdiction thereof, wich Costs.
II. And be it further enacted, 'hat hr or she so refusing
or neglecting as aforesaid, shali be further liable to pay all

15 1.AWS OF NORTH-e AROLINA.
1817. Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same^
•—Y'-' That the C 'Urts < f Ptras and Quartet S soiont. -r- lie sev«;-
r:il coumies within this state, be ai.d 'hey art hereby auth r-
12 d and ernptjwered vvhent;\tr the\ shall deem it expedient,
a majority of che acting Justices bei 'g present, to iocirase
the fees ot the Jailors f :heir ' rspective counties ; Provided,
Proviso. the same d es not exceed fifty per C' nt upoa the iees i.uw
by law establisherl.
II. And be itfurther enacted, Tha«- w^htm ver any c U"ty
court shall increast tht J J'-r.^' fc ( s of said count) , chey !shall
cause the sanae to br re jvd; d, which sum shall not b-- alter-ed
within Otie year thereafter.
CHAP. XI (I.
An actio anthnrise the several Courts of Fleas rind fluarter Ses-sions
within this ^tate to lay a tax siijficieut for the iiuaute'
nance of the poor.
BE it enacted by th'^ General Jis^'mbly of*hr State of North-
Carolina and it is hereby enacted by the authority oftlu: samCi
That the several Courts oi Pieasaaa Qair er Strs>si -jS wi h-in
this state, be and they ire here y au horised on the a. .,«li-caiipn
of the wardens, to lay a tax which may bt^ sufficient for
th? maintenance of the p'or, ivhich said ;ax shall I^e co'l ct-ed
aad accounted tor t.' the V\''at'd '^ and a piied b\ therh in
jVlaiority of the manner now prescribed bylaw: Provided, that amajori-
Justic.s to
j.y of (^,e Justices be .resent when ^-aid tax :s laid.
II. Jlnd be itfurther enacted. That ail laws and c-auses .f
laws which come wi;hiu the meaning and purriew ot this act
be, and the same are hereby rep al d and made Void.
CHAP. XIV.
Jin act concerning JIad Dogs.
WHEREAS, that (uost dreadfal of all mabdie? Hydro-phobia,
has become much more common ha', f Tmeily, by
r-rason of the negligence of the owners of D gs : For remedy
whereof,
BE it enacted by the Generil Jlsseyn'dy of the State of North -
Carolina^ and it is hereby enacted bij the authority ofthe samct
That whenever the owner of -mv Dog shali knjw ar huve
good reason to believe that his or her dog or any dog beiong-
Penaltyfor ing to his or her slave or cher person ia his or her employ-
(?«-s'^ke"° ment, has been bitten by amid dog, and shall neglect or re-fuse
immediately to kill the sam , be or she so refusing or
neglecting shall pay the sum of twenty-five pounds, to be re-covere
\ for the use of him or her wh ' may sue for the same,
in any court having jurisdiction thereof, wich Costs.
II. And be it further enacted, 'hat hr or she so refusing
or neglecting as aforesaid, shali be further liable to pay all